The Terrible Old Man is an adventure developed by Cloak and Dagger Games, released 9 May 2015 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Terrible Old Man is
The Terrible Old Man is an adventure game developed by Cloak and Dagger Games and released in 2015. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Adventure Game Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Experience a bite-sized slice of Lovecraftian horror in this updated version of our cult freeware point and click adaptation of HP Lovecraft's classic short story.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Terrible Old Man launched on 9 May 2015, within three weeks of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Kerbal Space Program, Splatoon and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood.
Released around the same time: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Kerbal Space Program, Splatoon, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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